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Regarding the Spiritual angle that our people have taken Jumoke's saga to, plus other things on this issue, Peter Adeosun Keyz writes ~

I don't like the Jumoke, the bread-seller-turned-model's story. And I'm sad about how it has become an 'inspiring' story that's circulating all over social media. I'm happy for her & I congratulate her but that's just about it. The way people have gone about it is comical to me & also insults my reasoning. It bugs my mind.

First of all, why has it made so much news around here? Because we're a superstitious people under prolonged suffering & oppression. The situation in the country has made people hopeless on what to do to achieve any level of comfort in life. So we've resigned to fate. So when they hear the story of someone that 'achieved' something great (more like 'that something great happened to') without any effort, it touches us in some serious ways. In a country where opportunities abound, this lady's story would've made rounds but not at this intensity. Next thing, everybody has loads of her pictures on their phones. I'm worried!

Why aren't I happy about it? Because one, it's a sign of how much we've fallen in our expectations in life. We no longer believe in what we can do for ourselves. Rather, things that are not our making (e.g., being born a slim instead of fat person) are now what we rely on to make it in life. As if this lady put in any work or intelligence to have that height & body shape...

And two, because it speaks to our innate desire to want to achieve something without much effort. Everybody wants divine favour. People don't even mind if they don't deserve what they've got. They just want to get what they haven't worked for. That's why they fill up churches & camps everyday — unmerited favour, overnight success, etc. What a sorry set of people we are! No economy can develop with that mindset.
Of course, we're all happy that MSc. holders are finding it difficult to rent an apartment in Lagos. The drama of an illiterate bread seller that now lives in a posh estate is sweet enough for us to relish. If you say she's gotten the reward of her diligently hawking her bread, I'd feel better. But that someone became overnight success without any effort is a good thing but not to celebrate so orgasmically. Of course, she has become prayer points, just like Goodluck Jonathan became prayer points. And when Linda Ikeji too would share her success story, didn't she play down the hard work part & promote the divine favour part? And the Jumoke lady too has attributed her stuff to God. She's right. She neither used her brain nor her diligence. Just God. That's the kind of story we like in Nigeria. Story of God. No wonder God has developed our economy without our brain & diligence!

Naij dot com made a video about her & tagged it 'Miracles do happen!' We like miracles, things that happen that we can't explain. God's plan & purpose. & all other nonsense. No wonder Lagos-Ibadan expressway, the busiest road in Africa, gets locked up for a few days every month. No wonder we don't want to work. If you work hard & you make it, your success has an explanation. & God doesn't want your success to have an explanation as he doesn't like to share his glory with anyone including you. So he prefers to bless you by grace, without your work. Just like Jumoke. Let's pray for this unmerited favour to develop Nigeria & remove the bad roads, improve the value of Naira & the unemployment rate! Unfortunately, if you think this is a miracle, you've missed it. There's nothing miraculous about this. And if you're to celebrate a fluke that happened to only one person & might never happen to anybody else in the next 200 years, shouldn't you wake up from the fantasy of the Disney Wonderland? Why should a freak occurrence to one person increase the hopes of 180 million people? Why shouldn't we celebrate what a large number of people with some level of certainty can aspire to achieve?

But of course, I'm assuming that we're a serious people. No wonder our politicians embezzle large sums of money once they assume office: we all love overnight, unmerited success, don't we? The holy book says 'the race is not to the swift...and wealth is not to the intelligent...', doesn't it? Victories without swiftness & wealth without intelligence is your portion: oya take it now (using Oyakhilome's voice)! Pscheewww!
Of course in Nigeria, all our celebrities are entertainers, pastorpreneurs, & politicians. They're the ones our kids look up to. None of the big companies sponsor competitions in science & academics. They all sponsor music, drama & modeling talent shows. You see how a bank has quickly grabbed Jumoke & made her their ambassador? And they want to inspire us with her story saying 'If you believe it, you can achieve it'? Yes. She believed & with no effort at all, it materialized out of thin air! No wonder we voted en masse for Goodluck Jonathan. Overnight, untested successes.

Wonder no further about why we're backward in industrialization & technological development. We don't need it. We don't need more PhD's & improved universities. All we need are more Jumoke's, overnight successes, & lottery winners. We don't need inventors & successful business people. Let's just get many more slim girls out of bread hawking into modeling & they'll 'take us to the moon' (quoting GEJ, January, 2015).

credit: Peter Adeosun Keys
culled from FACEBOOK

https://www.facebook.com/peter.keyz/posts/1014520751944256

Omoh see Paul Epistle. Didn't even read it to d end.

Many will totally disagree with this guy and many will even resort to abusing but reasoning it well,he has SOME salient points

...and the most painful thing is that many didn't even try to read but judging base on the title.

blame it on our leaders

Akkord4gov:
Many will totally disagree with this guy and many will even resort to abusing but reasoning it well,he has SOME salient points

Exactly. it might seem like he is hating but there are important points embeded in his write-up

Nightie:
Omoh see Paul Epistle. Didn't even read it to d end.

You are the perfect example of what the writer is trying to say

Akkord4gov:

You are the perfect example of what the writer is trying to say

Oh, really? Kudos to him den.

Nice write up. It's appalling what the country has turned into.

ABSOLUTE CRAP AND NONSENSE, is it her fault that luck smile upon her, is it her fault that the favour of GOD locate her? do u know how many years she have been suffering from hardship, by hawking bread on the street its the same thing as hardwork, she worked for what she is enjoying now becaus she refused to sell her body for money and she refused to depend on her man. "so even if a bsc or msc or wharever bullshit is struggling in the country does not mean a non graduate will struggle, everybody have a different star in life, her star might be shiner than yours by the way how can you expect GOD to bless you when you are not happy for who he has blessed?

ssoftappless:
ABSOLUTE CRAP AND NONSENSE, is it her fault that luck smile upon her, is it her fault that the favour of GOD locate her? do u know how many years she have been suffering from hardship, by hawking bread on the street its the same thing as hardwork, she worked for what she is enjoying now becaus she refused to sell her body for money and she refused to depend on her man. "so even if a bsc or msc or wharever bullshit is struggling in the country does not mean a non graduate will struggle, everybody have a different star in life, her star might be shiner than yours by the way how can you expect GOD to bless you when you are not happy for who he has blessed?

Calm down bro....
Read the write-up again..

Was actually thinking the guy was hating at first, but he made real sense

Davidovinci:


Calm down bro....
Read the write-up again..

Was actually thinking the guy was hating at first, but he made real sense

bro to me he made no sense when he mentioned her name.

ssoftappless:
bro to me he made no sense when he mentioned her name.

A'ight bro.....#peaceOut

At last, an intelligent Nigerian that didn't fall for the OlaJumoke photobomb crap.

I endorse the post 100%

Lol@ Paul's epistle

Its called ' supernatural breakthrough' getting everything for practically nothing is the 'Nigerian Dream' let's not blame Jumoke for a subculture that existed decades before she appeared on the scene.

BTW I'm waiting for mine too...

Oniranu!!

Super story bruv

Thank you for encouraging me to read.

Vycko:
Nice write up. It's appalling what the country has turned into.

ssoftappless:
ABSOLUTE CRAP AND NONSENSE, is it her fault that luck smile upon her, is it her fault that the favour of GOD locate her? do u know how many years she have been suffering from hardship, by hawking bread on the street its the same thing as hardwork, she worked for what she is enjoying now becaus she refused to sell her body for money and she refused to depend on her man. "so even if a bsc or msc or wharever bullshit is struggling in the country does not mean a non graduate will struggle, everybody have a different star in life, her star might be shiner than yours by the way how can you expect GOD to bless you when you are not happy for who he has blessed?

thank you Jarre. I wonder why some people delight pleasure in someones hardship. The Op writes as if seeing that woman suffer will add more credit to his bank . No body uses poverty to sew his cloths biko. if Her body is made to be a model and God chooses to bless her with that, then let the OP keep rubbing his butocks on the floor and also expect to shot down his television, the next time she appears on T V screen.

real

i swear I really wanna suck toto

Point Fuckin Blank, this guy blasted the nail on the head. It Sure has raised a lot of people's hope on chance, but what are the freaking odds. If a similar story ever surfaces again it must be a staged one.

But this guy is fuckin up in trying to get people to see this, there's actually profit in making a large population of the people dumb. Hope sells and no link better sells this undying need like God. Even if a large chunk do not know this God.

One thing he failed to realise is that, her story could in a way help others continue in their trade or skill with determination that one day, their own breakthroughs will hit them, anything apart from that is BS. I hope he gets bashed for trying to cut the hopes of people even though he's right.

To you out there, truly miracles happen, just don't seek to find out how it did and you'll have your miracle.

All he said was balance the story.

She is a role model for people who believe in luck,Fate and hard work (to an extent)

God don pick her call be say him do pick,Network no fit disconnect am

Keep your stupid options,Jumoke is now Bae

Haters are gonna hate!

The man never said he didnt like the success story.

What he didnt like is the spirituality attached to it,that you can "blow" overnight without much stress.

God blesses,but you must be doing something.

Nobody gives a hoot. Baba God don pick her finally,n there's nuffin u or any 1 can do bout it

This angle does indeed put a nation's immediate future in perspective. Nigeria's reliance on spirituality and dependence on the divine is well documented. One freak occurrence has got the tongue of a hundred and eighty million people wagging, placing emphasis on our belief in rags to riches story thus advocating indolence. Great write up, while her achievement is laudable its definitely an exception and never gonna be the norm. So these bread sellers who wanna be inspired by her story had better stop dressing seductively all in hope of getting a juicy contract else a bulging tummy is all they'll get for their troubles.

medicine after death

I love the story but i hate how Nigerians have spiritualised the whole thing and turned God to their boy boy...saying things like pick my call and all that sh*t.

The article is profound and i commend the author for his courage.

This is one hunnid percent correct ;

I'm happy 4 her no doubt, jes because she's in a better place 2day 20th Feb, however I don't see any inspirational story behind her success, no personal efforts, no personal development plan, she isn't perfectly qualified for a show like 'who deserves to be a a millionaire' ,so a situation whereby she's an inspirational speaker and face of a bank makes me fear for this country.

Big congratulations to u Jumoke tho!

You actually wrote this Mr Man? ''
And the Jumoke lady too has attributed her stuff
to God. She's right. She neither used her brain
nor her diligence. Just God. That's the kind of
story we like in Nigeria. Story of God. No wonder
God has developed our economy without our brain
& diligence!". . . So if not God, then who? You obviously don't believe in God , and the Bible make us to know what your type of person is!